Breaking bird: Clever crow helps police by finding drug stash

Australian police were confused as to where a bag of methamphetamine on the floor of a petrol station came from.

On Monday, as they checked the CCTV to find the culprit, the Western Australia Police force got a surprise.

A crow had fished the drugs out of a nearby bin and put the bag of illicit substance on the floor.

The bird then fled the scene, leaving the drugs at the petrol station.

Police seized the drugs and are trying to find out who binned them.

They wrote on Facebook: "Yesterday two Regional Operations Group (ROG) Officers stopped at a service station to fuel up when they noticed a small bag of methamphetamine lying on the ground in plain view beside the petrol pump.

"No one was in the immediate vicinity so they decided to check the service station CCTV to try and identify a person or vehicle responsible for the drugs.